Found 3 hits - Term: overstate, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
overstate \o`verstate"\, v. t. imp. p. p. overstated; p.
pr. vb. n. overstating.
to state in too strong terms; to exaggerate. --fuller.
1913 webster
see also:
overstated overstating
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
overstate
v : to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to
romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious old south'
imagery" syn: exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise,
magnify, amplify ant: understate
see also:
exaggerate overdraw hyperbolize hyerbolise magnify amplify
understate
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
84 moby thesaurus words for "overstate":
aggrandize, amplify, ballyhoo, belie, blow up, build up, burlesque,
camouflage, caricature, carry too far, color, disguise, distort,
draw the longbow, dress up, embellish, embroider, enlarge,
exaggerate, falsify, fudge, garble, gild, gloss, gloss over,
go to extremes, hyperbolize, idealize, inflate, lay it on, magnify,
make much of, mask, miscite, miscolor, misquote, misreport,
misrepresent, misstate, misteach, overappraise, overassess,
overcalculate, overcharge, overcount, overdo, overdraw,
overemphasize, overesteem, overestimate, overmeasure, overpaint,
overpraise, overprize, overrate, overreach, overreact,
overreact to, overreckon, oversell, overspeak, overstress,
overvalue, pad, parody, pervert, pile it on, puff, slant, strain,
stretch, stretch the truth, talk big, talk in superlatives,
titivate, tout, travesty, trick out, twist, understate, varnish,
warp, whitewash, wrench
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